Re: 4GL function needed

You may try this trick we have used previously it relies on turning off err= or trapping and checking the status after the assignment. WHENEVER ANY ERROR CONTINUE -- Turn off the error handler LET l_number =3D l_char --=20 WHENEVER ANY ERROR ...... -- Turn your own error trapping back on -- Then check the status=20 IF status !=3D0 THEN -- Bad char to number (integer) conversion END IF Stephen C Manga Email: Stephen.Manga@dbgroup.co.nz Stephen@quanta.co.nz On Wed, 26 May 1999, [iso-8859-1] Jo=E3o Bonina wrote: >=20 > =09Is there any 4GL function that checks if a string is an integer? >=20 >=20